David McKinley: “My hat is off to Pat Ford and the whole group up there but they have got to get it finished.”

Unfortunately, instead of promoting innovation and supporting the chemical industry, as the Act intended, it seems like EPA is stifling innovation and creating barriers to commerce for new and existing materials.

Now, Assistant Administrator, Section 902--just in your opinion, I know that you haven't crafted the bill, but it is out there before us--Section 902 of the Clean Future Act restricts the building or expansion of American plastic…

With all due respect, Chairman Rush--and we have been friends for years--this hearing seems to be taking on an air of distraction from what Americans are really dealing with across this country.

But now it is five years later, and this committee, I think, apparently now, we are looking to see how it has been implemented.